PhD, Neuroscience Research

Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience - King’s College London

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2022 - 2019

• Project: “Linking blood metabolites to early dementia using systems biology”, Supervisors: Dr Petroula Proitsi & Professor Marcus Richards. Funders: NIHR Biomedical Research Centre PhD studentship
• Utilising network, pathway, and metabolome-wide approaches to highlight key metabolites influencing early markers of dementia - including imaging, blood, and cognition measures - in large cohort studies. Teasing apart the involvement of risk factors across the life course. Using statistical genetics approaches, such as Mendelian randomisation and polygenic scores, to further understand the nature of these relationships.

MSc, Genes, Environment and Development in Psychology and Psychiatry (Distinction, 78%)

Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience - King’s College London

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2018 - 2017

• Project: “Investigating the relationships between polygenic risks scores for hypothalamic pituitary axis function, stressful life events, and the development of emotional problems.” Supervisor: Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke.

MSc, Biomedical Sciences Research (Merit, 69%)

Medical Sciences - University of Bristol

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2015 - 2014

• Project: “Developing and evaluating the use of a cognitive-motor task as a quantitative measure of fatigue using functional fMRI in healthy volunteers.” Supervisor: Dr Jade Thai.

Bsc, Physiological Science (2:1)

Medical Sciences - University of Bristol

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2013 - 2010

• Project: “Investigating the role of glucose toxicity in the development of Alzheimer’s disease”. Supervisor: Professor Elek Molnar.

DECOVID Project Collaborator

The Alan Turing Institute

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2022 - 2021

• Working with and characterising electronic health record data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic in two large hospital trusts. Creating reproducible pipelines to enable collaboration across research teams. Assessing data quality and evaluating against a data ethics framework. Led by Dr Kirstie Whitaker.

Transfer Learning Project Collaborator

The Alan Turing Institute

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2021

• Developing and applying transfer learning methodologies to map non-overlapping features and build prediction models for dementia. Led by Professor David Llewellyn.

Freelance Editor/Science Writer

Cactus Communications - Worldwide

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2019 - 2018

• Editing, formatting, and proofreading scientific manuscripts prior to journal submission in the field of Life Sciences.

Research Officer

NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England - Bristol

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2017 - 2016

• Managing the set up and delivery of primary care clinical research studies in 59 sites. Championing research in the West of England, and leading events to promote patient and public involvement. Undertaking audits into research delivery and performance.

Research Assistant (Healthcare)

NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England - Bristol

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2016

• Supporting the delivery of clinical trials. Leading study specific training in the West of England as well as utilising clinical skills to carry out and document trials.

MSc Supervision (day to day)

MSc Developmental Psychology & Psychopathology

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2021

• Supervision for a 6-month MSc project: “Investigating the presence of shared genetic architecture between Major Depressive Disorder and Alzheimer’s Disease”. This student is now a PhD researcher in our group (Proitsi lab).

MSc Supervision (day to day)

MSc Neuroscience

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2019

• Supervision for a 6-month MSc project: “Assessing Genetic Overlap and Causality Between Blood Plasma Proteins and Alzheimer’s Disease”. This MSc work has now been published.

Module Lead

BSc, King’s College London

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2022 - 2021

• Courses: Big Data in Python (BSc; 2021, 2022)
• Course design and material creation, seminar and practical leader, marking, forum management, evaluation and feedback.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

BSc & MSc, King’s College London

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2021 - 2019

• Courses: Origins of Individual Differences (BSc; 2019, 2020, 2021), Statistics in R (MSc; 2021), Big Data in Python (BSc; 2020), Research Methods (MSc & BSc; 2019, 2020), Mendelian Randomisation (MSc; 2019, 2020).
• Material creation, seminar and practical leader, marking, evaluation and feedback.

Workshop Assistant

Global researchers

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2021 - 2019

• Courses: Reproducible Reporting Using Markdown (DEMON Network; 2021), Polygenic Summer School (King’s College London; 2019).
• Assisting with design and delivery.

Rethink Mental Illness - London, UK

Raising funds and participating in photoshoots and blogs to encourage others to fundraise.

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2019 - 2018

Crisis at Christmas - Birmingham, UK

Assisting with the set up and delivery of food, shelter and entertainment for Crisis service users over the Christmas period.

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2017 - 2014

Kissing it Better - Warwick, UK

Assisting and implementing strategies to improve care environments for inpatients with dementia.

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2014 - 2012

Cherry Trees Care Home - Alcester, UK

Assisting with care and entertainment in a local nursing home for individuals with dementia.

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2012 - 2010

DEMON Network [Invited speaker]

Upcoming: Jan 2022

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2022

Leeds OMICS Seminar [Invited speaker]

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University of Leeds

2021

Turing Community Week

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The Alan Turing Institute

2021

Turing Student Seminar

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The Alan Turing Institute

2021

Research Showcase

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The Alan Turing Institute

2021

Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute
Centre Talk

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King’s College London

2020

Maudsley BRC Training Conference

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King’s College London

2020

Dementias Platform UK Datathon

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University of Oxford (virtual)

2020

International Society of Clinical Biostatistics Annual Conference
[Invited speaker]

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Krakow (virtual)

2020

Maudsley BRC Annual Conference

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King’s College London

2019

Dementia Research Open Day (Patients & Public)

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King’s College London

2019

Alzheimer’s Association International Conference

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Amsterdam (virtual)

2020

Alzheimer’s Research UK Conference

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Cardiff (virtual)

2020

World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics

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Anaheim, USA

2019

Enrichment Scholarship Student

The Alan Turing Institute

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2022 - 2021

• Awarded funding to carry out my research at the Institute, with access to facilities, mentoring, and courses.

Engage (Virtual Enrichment) Scholarship Student

The Alan Turing Institute

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2021 - 2020

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre PhD Studentship

NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

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2019 - 2022

Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant - £1000

Brain

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2019

King’s Experience Interdisciplinary Award in Art, Science & Mental Health

King’s College London

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2018

Turing Steering Group: Student Member

The Alan Turing Institute

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2021 - 2020

MSc Student Council Representatitve

University of Bristol

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2015 - 2014

Co-chair and Co-founder of MedSciSoc (BSc Medical Sciences Society)

University of Bristol

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2013 - 2012

I have attended a number of courses to develop my research and interpersonal skills, ranging from courses in statistical genetics to software engineering, and the national Dementias Platform UK datathon.

Highlights: Mendelian Randomisation, Research Software Engineering, Ethical Data Science, High Performance and High Throughput Computing, Data Skills for Open Research, Dementias Platforms UK Datathon, Prediction Modelling, Machine Learning, Advanced Python for Biologists, Molecular Pathways and Networks.

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International Society of Clinical Biostatistics

Student Member

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Alzheimer’s Association International Society to Advance Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART)

Student Member

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Metabolic underpinnings of late midlife cognitive outcomes: findings from the 1946 British Birth Cohort

Brain Communications [In Press]

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2021

• Green., R., Lord, J., Xu, J., Maddock, J., Kim, M., Dobson, R., … Protisi, P.

Sex-Specific Metabolic Pathways Were Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Endophenotypes in the European Medical Information Framework for AD Multimodal Biomarker Discovery Cohort

Biomedicines

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2021

• Xu, J., Green, R., Kim, M., Lord, J., Ebshiana, A., Westwood, S., … Legido-Quigley, C.

Assessing Genetic Overlap and Causality Between Blood Plasma Proteins and Alzheimer’s Disease

Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease

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2021

• Handy, A., Lord, J., Green, R., Xu, J., Aarsland, D., Velayudhan, L., … Proitsi, P.

Disentangling independent and mediated causal relationships between blood metabolites, cognitive factors, and Alzheimer’s Disease

Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

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2021

• Lord, J., Green, R., Choi, S.W., Hubel, C., Aarsland, D., Velayudhan, L., … Proitsi, P.

Mendelian randomization identifies blood metabolites previously linked to midlife cognition as causal candidates in Alzheimer’s disease

PNAS

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2021

• Lord, J., Jermy, B., Green, R., Wong, A., Xu, J., Legido-Quigley, C., … Proitsi, P.

Integrated lipidomics and proteomics network analysis highlights lipid and immunity pathways associated with Alzheimer’s disease

Translational Neurodegeneration

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2020

• Xu, J., Bankov, G., Min, K., Wretlind, A., Lord, J., Green, R., … Legido-Quigley, C.

Investigating the role of blood metabolites as biomarkers of cognitive function and dementia in the MRC 1946 British Birth Cohort

European Neuropsychopharmacology [Conference Abstract]

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2019

• Green, R., Lord, J., Maddock, J., Kim, M., Dobson, R., Legido-Quigley, C., … Proitsi, P.

The Turing Way: A Handbook for Reproducible Data Science

Cowrote Creating Project Repositories and virtual collaboration [WIP] chapters. Reviewed multiple chapters.

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2019

• The Turing Way Community, Arnold, B., Bowler, L., Gibson, A.,, Herterich, P., Higman, R., … Whitaker, K.